മായാനന്ദനം 5 [Ne-Na] 1840

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Wµ³ dmPv bm¡v sI]vSv _qfn Wn¶pw imant`¡v C_§n. fm] AknsX thmc]n C^n¸p*m]n^p¶p.

Wµ³ AkapsX fp¶n tbm]n tImUn¨p.

“”””F³s_ tImUy¯nWpÅ D¯^w F¶v Nn«\w fm].”

fm] thmc]n Wn¶pw Fjpt¶äp tXdnan C^p¶ Im] ¥mhv FXp¯p Ak³s_ N¿n sNmXp¯p sNm*v b_ªp.

“”””hfqi¯nWpfp¶n MmsWm^p knkmitfmIWw tWXn] sb®m\v. H^p ^*mwsN«v Nm^ns] Wo N`ym\w Njn¡p¶Sv Wn³s_ ko«pNmÀ¡v In`t¸mÄ CãfmNnÃ.”

“”””ASv Wo Bt\m Sn^pfmWn¡p¶Sv fm]?”

“”””CSv Wn³s_ ko«n Wn¶pw Ss¶ H^manÂWn¶v Mm³ A_nªSm\v.”

“”””bt£…””

At¸mtj¡pw tNmanwPvsd AknsX fpj§n.

fm] sbs«¶v tbm]n tZmÀ Sp_¶p. ANt¯¡v N]_n k^p¶ Bsa N*p Wµ³ sM«n.

^mip B]n^p¶p ASv.

fm] ^mip`ntWmXv b_ªp.

“”””^mip C^n¡q.”

WµsW tWm¡n In^n¨psNm*v ^mip thmc]nt`¡v C^p¶p.

fm] WµtWmXv b_ªp.

“”””MmWpw ^mip`pw ko*pw knkmiw Njn¡pkm³ So^pfmWn¨p.”

H^p sM«t`msX]m\vWµ³ ASv tN«Sv. Ak³ H¶v bp©n^n¡m³ {lfn¨p. bt£ AkWv ASnWv NjnªnÃ.

Wµ³s_ fpOs¯ emkfmäw ^mip {l²n¨n^p¶p. CWn NqXpS tW^w AknsX bnXn¨p Wn¡pkm³ Njn]pN]nà F¶v fWÊn`m¡n] Wµ³ ^mip`nWv ssN sNmXp¯p sNm*v b_ªp.

“”””N¬{Pmävhv..”

bns¶ Hä Wnfngw AknsX Wn¡msS Wn_ªp SpX§n] N®pNtamsX AknsXWn¶pw C_§n WX¶p. fm]s] H¶v tWm¡n]Sptbm`pfnà Ak³.

fm] Np_¨ptW^w WnÝ`]m]n AknsXWn¶p. bns¶ sbm«n¡^ªpsNm*v dm¡\n]nt`¡v HmXn.

^mip thmc]n Wn¶pw Fjpt¶äv AkapsX bn¶ms` WX¶p.

dm¡\n]n F¯n] fm] ssNk^n]n bnXn¨pWn¶v sNm*v Wµ³ tbmNp¶Sv tWm¡n sbm«n¡^ªp. Ak³ H¶v Sn^nªp tWm¡psf¶v AkÄ {bSo£ns¨¦n`pw ASp*m]nÃ.

fm]]psX tSman ^mip ssNsk¨p. AkÄ N^ªpsNm*v ^mip`n³s_ fpOt¯¡v tWm¡n.^mipÂb_ªp.

“””” fm] Cã§Ä H^n¡`pw fWÊn hq£n¡pkmWpÅSÃ.. Sp_¶pb_]pkm³ DÅSm\v. BßmÀ°fm]n hvtWin¨kt^msXm¸w Kokn¡pkm³ Njnªnà F¦n bns¶ B KoknSw sNm*v H^p AÀ°kpfnÃ. ASpw fWÊn`m¡n]kWm\v Mm³.”

CtShf]w Wµ³s_ ko«nÂ…

AXp¡a]n Bim^w N¼nNp«³.sWäv